Advanced Training Courses
Complete, stand-alone advanced training webinars for trained firearm and toolmark examiners. Paid courses are generally eligible for continuing education credits (CEU) given the tracking and knowledge checks. Free courses are also available and updated regularly.
What Our Students Are Saying
“I have been using Ron’s webinars as part of my personal professional development as a forensic firearms and toolmark examiner in Australia. I have found that his presentations have challenged and probed my current understandings of forensic firearms and toolmark theory and practices. His presentations are well prepared (including the notes which accompany each webinar), insightful, analytical, and they provide a very cost-effective way of being able to benefit from his extensive experience. I think the topics covered by Ron will appeal to practitioners at any level of training and experience."
Ian B., Australia
"I just wanted to drop a line and say thank you for putting together an outstanding online course. I just completed your Tool Manufacture and Subclass Characteristics course, and it was top notch. This was my second online class from your company, and I will be recommending it to my colleagues in my dept. The literature review, diagrams, and photos made it easy to follow these concepts."
Matthew K., United States
"Tool Manufacture and Subclass Characteristics. This course is one of the best I have ever attended. The course fits almost all examiners independent of experience. This is because it is thorough, there are helpful illustrations, references are easily accessible and it is educational. I will also point out that for me, and many others that don’t have English as their mother language, you are easy to understand because you speak very clearly and slow. For me personally, in addition to new information, it puts together all the "fragments" of information and experience gathered over the years and gives me a very good overview. Although we in Norway are seldom asked or examined about the validity of our profession, it happens sometimes. Now we are much more prepared to answer questions"
Goran, Norway
"I am making my way through your Advanced Training Webinars. Your webinars have been some of the most valuable training I have ever taken, and I have thoroughly enjoyed every single one. "
Robyn O., United States
"I just completed the 'Shifting the Paradigm" -lots of info in a short time. I like how you split the defense into two parts; it makes more sense to defend it that way especially since, like you said, PT and other studies test only the participant and not the entire field of examiners. Machine-based studies are the key it seems."
Dennis L., United States
SPECIALIZED
FREE TRAINING
Free training shorts are available highlighting specific issues in the discipline.
SPECIALIZED
PAID TRAINING
Courses dealing with the scientific foundations of firearm and toolmark examination to include tool manufacture, comparative pattern analysis theory, and bias.
MODULE
NON-FIREARM TOOL MARK EXAMINATION TRAINING
Complete, stand-alone training module for non-firearm tool and toolmark examination and comparison meeting ASB Minimum Recommendations.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION
Instructed by Jordan Green, these courses deal with various topics related to quality assurance and accredition for the firearm and toolmark discipline.
STATISTICS FOR THE FIREARM EXAMINER
Instructed by Todd Weller of Weller Forensics, these courses deal with various topics related to forensic statistics and how they are impacting the firearm and toolmark examiner.